The funniest/pettiest headcanon I have is that Anabel has full distaste towards men who act like and look like shounen anime protagonists and has bluntly rejected many, many trainers.
My first ever cosplay photoshoot in a public place with another person controlling the camera! I was way too excited by this to pose more serious photos, and having just an absolutely silly time playing Pokemon Go between locations. So definitely not professional, but certainly organic :)
Fun fact; I am Anabel’s exact canon height, 165cm! I love cosplaying characters my size~
Also I really just want to show this to @fallershipping cause I know they’re your favorite :D
I know Looker's concept is probably not much inspired by Doctor Who, but after all your drawings I really wanted to watch a series of a fantasy setting, like Doctor Who, but about a couple of detectives mixed with slice of life.
Looker is 100% not based on Doctor Who lol, it's Lupin III or Columbo or just old 70s detective shows.
Because of all the comments I've gotten of "oH LoOk it's DoCtOr WhO" I'm really not privy to the idea of making any sort of similarities to that show HAHA;;;;;
“I’m going to do everything to go back to the life I used to have.”
Successful Interpol missions. Meeting new people and Pokemon.
Befriending a new partner. Protecting an innocent life.
Establishing an order to rescue UBs. Rehabilitating ex-members of evil groups.
Giving people a new chance at life. Giving Pokemon a new chance of life.
Going through painful tragedy, and being a part of a wonderful event.
Learning a new hobby. Rekindling a love for something thought forgotten.
Forming a great partnership. Falling deeply in love with that trusted person.
Holding your newborn children in your arms, your beloved snuggled against you.
“I’m going to do everything to protect the life I have now.”
Also love that in Masters it clearly states Anabel knows that deep bonds between humans and Pokemon cause them to feel like their hearts are connected, but she’s like, explicitly not even Psychic.
It’s like if someone goes “Aww look! It’s smiling at me, it must be showing that it love me!” and because of all her knowledge of Pokemon behavior Anabel goes “No it is certainly not.”
Looker and Anabel being good friends, exploring a romance together, opening up to the idea of a potential domestic life and having a family and/or thinking about new career paths and hobbies and things they’ve always wanted to do and try-- is all about them both seeing a life beyond the bubble of Interpol.
Their lives are dedicated to their work, and they’re fully aware that they are expendable for the safety of others. It’s in the job description, it’s in the numbered codenames. Agents belong to the service of a greater purpose. Even the whole semi-defunct “UB Bait” thing was to hire people who will actively lure UBs away from the innocent masses. It’s super complex. Imagine how dark it would have been if Anabel and Faller were told and they ACCEPTED the fate to be a lure or die trying. Looker is still working himself to the bone in Interpol despite everything he’s gone through because he believes in protecting others at the detriment to himself.
But I think it’s one of the most meaningful things for Looker and Anabel to start to break away from this. They can protect the world in their own ways far from the Interpol rabbit hole. Looker can start thinking about who he is as a person and what he truly wants in the world, and how he has grown attached to people despite his efforts not to. Anabel can think of who she was and rise back up as a skilled trainer, laughing and having fun battling again as she used to.
And they both can realize together that romance is something they can allow themselves to want and desire and need. And somehow, they might find themselves thinking “Oh shit...! I might want a family with this person...! I might want to stay with this person for life...!”
Looker is so easy to imagine him wanting to be a dad because he literally goes dad mode both subconsciously and consciously through monologuing
but the idea of mama Anabel is so cute... Nonchalantly like “Oh I don’t mind the idea. :> If I was with the right partner and in a part of my life where I felt perfectly stable, it would be nice.”
Just a nice option to have in the future... She would be a wonderful mommabel..
Looker with cartoony eyelashes. (I’ve been watching Unicorn: Warriors Eternal and I love Edred and I injected some Edred into Looker because Fuck You)
My entry for the Pokemon Masters fanart contest! I got honorable mention, which is honestly insane for a piece involving underrated characters!

